Brief tornado touches down in Howard County during March 11 storms

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The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed that a tornado touched down in Howard County during storms on Wednesday, March 11.

According to the NWS survey, the EF-1 tornado touched down for a minute from 7:06 – 7:07 p.m. in Cooksville, and traveled .4 miles.

It had a max width of 100 yards and peak winds of 90 MPH.

The NWS said that the tornado snapped and uprooted numerous trees in a narrow corridor along Old Frederick Road.

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Straight-line wind damage from 60-80 MPH winds was seen from Clarksburg to Marriottsville.